capital income

Money from assets

Capital income is money earned from assets rather than labor—returns on investments, dividends from stocks, interest from savings, rental income from property, or gains from selling assets at a profit.

Economists and tax codes distinguish capital income from earned income (wages and salaries), often taxing them differently: Most of her capital income came from dividend payments.

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bond yields · equity stakes · interest · lease payments · land leases · stock portfolio · retained earnings · investment returns · trust fund · silent partner

Opposites
source of income

capital incomeearned income

Pay from work

wage income · wages · salary · employment income · active income

economic class association

capital incomesubsistence wages

Minimum income for survival

minimum wage

Family

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